SOCIAL GROUPS IN OUR

PRODUCTIONBY ZOE FISHER

GENDER REPRESENTATION • ONE OF OUR MAIN CHARACTER IS A GIRL. WE DID THIS BECAUSE IT PORTRAYS HER AS BEING VUNERABLE. WE ONLY

SEE HER BEING TREATED BADLY, WE DIDN’T WANT THE AUDIENCE TO GET AN INCITE INTO HER ‘REAL LIFE’ BEFORE THE KIDNAPPING BECAUSE IT MAKES THE AUDIENCE QUESTION WHY SHE IS IN THIS SITUATION AND WHAT HER CHARACTERISTICS ARE LIKE.

• AUDIENCE FEED BACK: A CLASS MEMEMBER GAVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON THE PEOPLE WE CHOOSE TO USE IN OUR OPENING SEQUENCE. THE OUTCOME WAS POSITIVE! THEY LIKED THAT WE HAD USED AN OLDER MAN AND THE FACT THAT THEY NEVER SAW HIS FACE. THEY SAID THAT THIS GAVE MYSTERY AND MADE THEM FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.

• ANOTHER MAIN CHARACTER IS A MALE. HE IS OLDER THAN THE GIRL AND IS SEEN AS CONTROLLING AND DANGEROUS. COMPARED TO THE GIRL WE ACTUALLY GET TO SEE A LITTLE PART THAT IS SEEN AS ‘NORMAL’ AND AN EVERYDAY THING. THIS IS THE ESTABLISHING SCENE WHERE HE IS MAKING A SANDWICH. THE AUDIENCE WILL SHORTLY REALISE THE REASON THIS WAS USED WAS BECAUSE WE MADE A NORMAL DAILEY OCCURRENCE NOT ONLY SEEM SEDUCING BUT IT MAKES THE AUDIENCE KEEP WATCHING AS THEY DON’T FULLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS HAPPENING. THIS WAS ONE OF OUR AIMS/GOALS.

CULTURAL SIGNIFIERS • HAIR AND MAKEUP:

WE USED MAKEUP ON KELSEY TO MAKE HER LOOK LIKE SHE HAD BEEN PULLED AROUND AND ALSO SO THERE WASN’T ANY BRIGHT COLOURS SHOWN AS THIS WOULDN’T HAVE FITTED OUR GENRE. WE MADE HER HAIR MESSY AND PUT IT UP SO THAT THE AUDIENCE COULD CLEARLY SEE HER FACE. IN ONE SCENE WE GOT THE KIDNAPPER TO SLOWLY MOVE HER HAIR FROM HER FACE THIS JUXTAPOSED WHAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE IT MADE HIM SEEM CARING WHEN THE SCENE’S SETTING WAS DANGEROUS. THIS WAS EFFECTIVE BECAUSE IT GRABBED THE AUDIENCE MADE THEM QUESTION THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE 2 CHARACTERS.

• COSTUME

WE USED A FAKE TATTOO SLEEVE TO PUT ON OUR TEACHER: THE MALE CHARACTER/THE KIDNAPPER. WE DID THIS SO THAT THE AUDIENCE COULD USE HIS IMAGE TO MAKE UP AN OPINION ON HIM. WE ALSO HAD HIM PUT ON HIS TIE. THIS GAVE THE SENSE OF REALISM AND A NORMATIVE THING TO DO. THE JUXTAPOSED THE SCENE AND MADE THE AUDIENCE ASK QUESTIONS.

AGE+GENDER • KELSEY: GIRL, AGED 17, WHITE BRITISH

• WHY WE CHOOSE HER:

WE CHOOSE KELSEY BECAUSE HER APPEARANCE MATCHED THE VIEW WE WANTED WHICH WAS THE MEDIUM HAIR, HER DARK EYES BECAUSE IT LINKS BACK TO THE GENRE OF OUR OPENING SEQUENCE.

• MR ATKINS: MALE, MIDDLE AGED, WHITE BRITISH

• WHY WE CHOOSE HIM:

WE CHOOSE MR ATKINS BECAUSE HE PORTRAYED 2 CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE WANTED THE AUDIENCE TO SEE. ONE WHICH WAS A NORMAL GUY WHO YOU WOULDN’T EXPECT TO DO WHAT HE DOES, AND ANOTHER SIDE TO HIM THAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT HE HAS IT IN HIM TO HURT. WE CHOOSE HIM BECAUSE HE HAD TO RIGHT BUILD AND APPEARANCE THAT WE WAS LOOKING FOR AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE ACTIONS THAT HE DID VIGOROUS AND POWERFUL.